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StarLight Garage suggests automobile gems to be included in the Gran Turismo Series.
The British Classic, Jaguar Mark X 4.2 Sedan from 1954 should be one of them.
This technically sophisticated Jaguar is a lovely and eminently enjoyable touring car.
Enjoy!
The Jaguar Mark X full-size sedan debuted in mid-1962 and was Jaguar’s largest and best equipped car to date.
The massive Jag was fitted with the 3.8L XK six-cylinder engine four-wheel disc brakes and was the first Jaguar saloon with fully independent rear suspension. The body styling was long low and wide and sported the now-familiar four-headlight design theme that would evolve into to the XJ6 and go on to become the face of every Jaguar sedan for the next 40 years.
With new unibody construction and based upon the same 120-inch wheelbase length as its predecessor. Its fresh, modern styling included straight-through fender lines, a revised roofline, a lowered hood and a lowered vertical-bar grille, plus Jaguar’s first use of quad headlamps.
A 265-bhp 3.8-liter XK six-cylinder engine, the same used by the E-Type, provided abundant power. Wishbones and coil springs replaced the torsion-bar front suspension of the Mark IX, and an independent rear suspension endowed the Mark X with handling that belied its size.
While the XK engine was certainly adequate performance was never the Mark X’s strong suit. The car was quite heavy and it sat a bit awkwardly on 14” wheels and a relatively narrow track. But in spite of somewhat lazy performance one thing it did have going for it was a limousine-like interior.
One could even order the Mark X with an optional divider window for the true aristocratic experience. This was also the last regular production Jaguar with a fully hand-made wood leather and wool laden cabin. Large picnic trays have book-matched veneer the dash is a vast expanse of polished timber and even the radio and analog clock are trimmed in wood.
By 1964, a Borg-Warner automatic gearbox and power-operated steering, clearly targeted at the all-important US market, became standard equipment and further refined Jaguar’s top-level sedan. In September 1964, the Mark X engine grew to 4.2 liters of displacement.
Specifications
Production: 5.137 units (with 4.2L engine)
Power: 265 bhp
Displacement: 4.235 cc
Compression: 9:1
Engine: Dual overhead camshaft inline six-cylinder
Fuel feed: Three SU carburetors
Gearbox: Automatic
Suspension front: Independent with wishbones and coil springs and telescopic dampers
Suspension rear: Independent with transverse leaf spring
Differential: Thornton Powr-Lok limited-slip
Brakes: Four-wheel hydraulic disc
Layout: FR
Steering: Power-assisted
Wheelbase: 120 in (3,000 mm)
Length: 202 in (5,100 mm)
Width: 76.3 in(1,938 mm)
Height: 54.5 in (1,380 mm)
Curb weight: 4.200 lb (1,900 kg)
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